Gaza. The Israel Lobby. U.S. support for occupation, apartheid, and genocide. These subjects will play a significant role in the midterm elections, and groups like AIPAC are already adapting to a reality where most voters view them as a problem.
Mondoweiss interviews political consultant Peter Feld about how Zohran Mamdani’s historic win will impact beyond New York and how the Israel lobby will respond.
Zohran Mamdani will need the Jewish establishment to become New York mayor, and liberal Zionists are paving the way. Although this means there will be Zionists in City Hall, they will be playing by new rules set by ascendant pro-Palestine Democrats.
“I look back [with] regret at Gaza,” Ben Rhodes confesses at J Street. While another Obama official Tommy Vietor says the Yemen war was “wrong” and a “disaster.” And NY City Councilman Brad Lander says he regrets keeping quiet about Palestinian human rights over 10 years of defending Israel. “I was pushed to find more courage,” he says.